A MASULA BOAT GOING OUT TO THE SHIPS Wiele
&Klein
India sadly lacks good harbors, as did Palestine of old. At Madras, the freight and passengers were formerly brought
ashore
inMasula
boats
more
crude
than
those the Jaffa boatmen use. The city has greatly improved its harbor facilities, but these heavy hulks are still pushed
out
through
the
high
surf
bymen
ofbronze
and propelled by rude oars with circular blades.